"Moreover, Great Qin resorts to beheading at the slightest provocation, hanging people from city gates, even flaying them alive, cutting open their bellies, and breaking the bones in their hands. Such methods are excessively bloody and cruel. Great Qin should change this practice; it should not be so savage and brutal."
"Also, whenever Great Qin conquers a region, it often bloodily massacres scholars and those of high status who possess pride and arrogance. I believe that if they were treated well, they could be of far greater use."
"First, it would make it easier for Great Qin to win the people's hearts. Second, they are highly learned and possess proud spirits, so they ought to be respected."
"Finally, all books related to medicine, agriculture, and practical skills are burned as well. For a region or a nation, this is an enormous loss. Furthermore, whenever matters involve sensitive content, Great Qin does not investigate them in detail and simply suppresses them bloodily. Is that not somewhat too tyrannical?"
Hearing this, Zhao Fu could not help but laugh softly. "You would make a very good poet, but not a very good civil official. The path of officialdom does not suit you."
When the young man in green heard Zhao Fu directly say that he lacked the ability to become an official, he felt somewhat unconvinced. "Sir! Please tell me why."
Zhao Fu smiled as he explained, "First, regarding the punishment of executing an entire family for one person's crime—why do you think Great Qin does this? You merely say it is wrong, yet you have not considered why Great Qin acts this way."
"This is the first reason you cannot become an official: you think about matters too subjectively and fail to consider the whole picture."
"Great Qin does this because its